Hat Attack II

Hat Attack II http://hat-attack.com/ . I was officially hit by my assassin at 12:00 PM Saturday, September 20, 2008. As you can see my attempt didn't have a chance. My assassin lives on the other side of the country and managed to get the hat knitted and mailed from the west coast to the east coast in 4 days.... my target weasleywoman05 gets a few day more while my hat makes it to the west coast and is finished by NutellaNutterson who as of this moment appears to be still alive. Good Luck to them both!

Hat for Jack

This hat was so much fun to make. The pattern is called "Colour Me Bright"(#108) from Cabin Fever. Great pattern for scraps and creativity. I decided on the colors for each pattern as I went. I have started a second hat for my own son. The pattern called for wool that you dyed with kool-aid. I had scraps I wanted to use up but I am going to try dying some wool with kool-aid at a late time.

Let them eat cake!

Calories Zero, Fiber 100%. My first attempt at knitted cupcake. I used the pattern from the blog "Blah, Blah, Blahhhg" with a few modifications from another Ravelry knitter and then a few modifications of my own. The frosting is made out of Caron Charming in Raspberry. I thought it looked like frosting with sprinkles.

I think it would be neat to fill a whole cake plate with knitted cupcakes for the center of the table and see how long it takes people to realize how low cal they really are. This was a fun little knitting project but the yarn I used for the frosting was a bit difficult at the end when you start K2tog.

NEXT

On to my next pair of socks. The yarn is really red but doesn't show well in the picture. These are socks for my son and my first attempt at two at a time. The pattern is from the Knitting Circles around Socks by Antje Gillingham. The pattern is called "Cabled Corn" and its being knit with Reynolds Soft Sea Wool. Yes its 100% wool so I won't be able to machine wash but I really wanted red and so did my son. I wonder how long it will be before I accidently felt these...

They are done!

Tada! They are done. I think I was suppose to cast off with a larger needle so and I have a little cosmetic work to do on the toes. I need to work on my casting when I'm doing socks from the toe up.

I have started my next pair of socks but I wanted to get these finished.

Socks, socks, socks

I'm loving making socks even though I haven't finished a pair I can wear yet. Almost!!! I just finished the first sock and I only have an inch left on the second sock. YEA!! This sock thing is addicting, I have another pair on the needles (one is done) and I have also started knitting two at a time.

My sister came down a few weeks ago and she picked out some great sock yarn. I'm going home this weekend and hopefully we will have time to get her started on her first pair.

If all goes well I will be wearing my new socks on my trip home.

Pincushion

Here is my first attempt at making a pincushion. This was a fun quick project. This is made using three yo-yo's. The pincushion itself is a nice size but I think the other two yo-yo's get a bit lost. I think I would adjust the sizes. I also think a larger button might look nice but this was the largest one I had in my stash.

I like pincushions and have a few odd ones, these would also be nice for some crafty relatives I have. I've been meaning to make these but procrastinated so I joined a pincushion swap to give me the little push I needed to try the patterns I have. I have a few more weeks before my swap is due so I may do a little more experimenting before I decide what my swap partner is going to get.